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Historical Items

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Item 110548

Elizabeth Wadsworth Longfellow mourning pin, Portland, ca. 1829

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1829 Location: Portland Media: gold, pearl, onyx, hair
This record contains 2 images.

Item 110546

Taber family mourning hairwork bracelet, Bristol, ca. 1856

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1856 Location: Bristol Media: hair, gold, onyx
This record contains 9 images.

Item 110545

Dr. Cummings mourning brooch, Portland, ca. 1854

Contributed by: Maine Historical Society Date: circa 1854 Location: Portland; Cape Elizabeth Media: gold, enameled metal, hair, glass, brass
This record contains 2 images.

Online Exhibits

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Exhibit

Northern Threads: Mourning Fashions

A themed exhibit vignette within "Northern Threads Part I," featuring 18th and 19th century mourning jewelry and fashions.

Exhibit

Art of the People: Folk Art in Maine

For many different reasons people saved and carefully preserved the objects in this exhibit. Eventually, along with the memories they hold, the objects were passed to the Maine Historical Society. Object and memory, serve as a powerful way to explore history and to connect to the lives of people in the past.

Exhibit

The World's Largest Oxen

Named for the two largest things in Maine at the turn of the 20th century, Mt. Katahdin and Granger of Stetson, were known as the Largest Oxen in the World. Unable to do farm work because of their size, they visited fairs and agricultural events around the Northeast.

Site Pages

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Site Page

Lubec, Maine - Susie Calder: Lubec's Sardine Queen

"… Peacock’s bought my dress and my shoes and had my hair done. They paid for all that, and the bouquet – a dozen red roses."

Site Page

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 1 of 2

"… who “managed to grasp Miriam Kelley...by the hair just as she was going under. The Kelley girl was eventually carried to shore by Miss Stella M."

Site Page

Lubec, Maine - The Gardner Lake Tragedy - Page 2 of 2

"… lucky that Wyman Ramsdell grabbed Kelley by the hair of her head to stop her from drowning. Kelley said, ‘I just wanted to lay down and go to…"

My Maine Stories

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Story

The Cup Code (working at OOB in the 1960s)
by Randy Randall

Teenagers cooking fried food in OOB and the code used identify the product and quantity.

Story

Tapestry, Seine Twine and Burlesque
by Barbara Burns

My work as a tapestry artist and dancer in Maine.

Story

I have thought about Vietnam almost every day for 48 years
by Ted Heselton

Working as a heavy equipment operator in Vietnam